3 g of an oxide of a metal Is converted to chloride completely and it yielded 5 g of chloride. The equivalent weight of the matel is

3 g of an oxide of a metal Is converted to chloride completely and it

1.	3 g of an oxide of a metal Is converted to chloride completely and it yielded 5 g of chloride. The equivalent weight of the matel is
Answer» 33.25 3.325 12 20 Solution :a) `("Weight of METAL OXIDE")/("Weight of metal chloride")` `= `("Eq.WT. of metal" + "Eq.wt. of oxide")/("Eq.wt. of metal"+"Eq. wt. of chloride")` `3/5`=`(E+8)/(E+35.5)` Or 5E = 40 = 3E + 106.5 or 2E = 66.5 `therefore` E=33.25